Neckband of shirts, blouses, and the like.



S.LEV.ER'. NEOKBAND 0P SHIRTS, BLO'USE S 'AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 24, 1910.

Patented 0st. 21, 1913.

' Events) Jim; lever Wit'nasses:

' Neckbands of Shirts, Blouses,

.in order to provide other though one SIMS LEVER, 0F SYDNEY. NEW SOUTHAUSTRALIA.

NECKBAND OF SHIRTS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

BLOUSES, AND THE LIKE.

Patented 0011.21, 1 913.

Application filed October 24, 1910. Serial No: 588,646

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMS Levee, a subject. of the King of Great Britain.residing at No. 229 Macquarie street, Sydney, in the State of New SouthWales and Commonwealth of Australia, manufacturer, have invented. a newand useful Improvement in and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has been specially devised a neck band for shirts blousesand like'wearing apparel so that it will within limits conform to thesize of the collar worn on said garments and will also allow morefreedom to the neck of the wearer than bands as hitherto constructed.

According to this invention the neck band instead of being made in onepiece is made in at least three sections attached to the garment andpreferably overlapping one anor both ends of each section mighttelescope in the adjacent ends of contiguous sections. The back andfront stud holes or buttons are positioned in or on the neck band andthe opening of the garment is made either at the front or back as.ordinarily. But in order that a practical application of this inventionmaybe readily understood the same will now be described with referenceto the drawings accompanying and forming part of this completespecification in which in perspective views various modilapped doubleslots fications of application of the invention are shown.

Figure 1' shows the preferred construction. of divided overlapped formof neck band, Fig. 2 shows a modified form of division, 'Fig. 3 shows amodified or open nicked form Fig. 4: a modified or closed nicked form,Fig. 5 shows a telescopic division, F ig. 6 a' tongue and loop division,Fig. 7 a tag and slot overlap division and Fig. 8 an overdivision.

In the make shown in Fig. 1 the sections 9. 10 and 11 are sewn to thegarment 12 with the ends of the back sect-ion 11 overlapping the ends ofthe front sections 9 and 10 pref- ,erably on the outside thereof thoughsuch overlapping could take place on the inside.

In the band of Fig. 2 the overlapping portion of the end of the backsection 11 is left free from the garment12 so as to give said sectionmore freedomto retire upon receiving pressure from the neck of thewearer.

the ends of the back section 11 overlap on both sections might of thefront section the overlapof said front sections should The overlappingportions of be left free so that either portion can be folded inside oroverlap on the outside asdesired.

Fig. 3 shows the construction with a V shaped nick or cut 13 in the bandand of which there may be more than one and which opening can be made bycutting it from a whole neck band. Though such opening may be made byattaching sections as 10 and 11 with their ends diagonally cut so that aV shaped or other opening is left.

Fig. 4 shows an opening as in Fig. 3 having the edges or adjacentends ofthe sections as 10 and 11 joined by a soft mate.- rial 14.

' Fig. 5 shows the end of one section as 10 cut so as to form a tongue15 telescoping in the split or open adjacent end lfiof the other sectionas 11.

Fig. 6 shows the end of one section as 11 having a loop or guide 17 forthe reception of the tongue 15 on the end of the adjacent section as 10.

Fig. 7 shows one end of a section as 10 having a tag 18 adapted to takethrough and slide in a slot 19 in the end of the adjacent scction as 11.

the inside ping portion he left free.

Fig. 8 shows each overlapping end of con- I tiguous sections as 10 and11 having a slot 20 to carry a flat headed stud 21.

In all the constructions or modifications above described enlargementand contraction of the length or size of the neck band is provided forby the'movement within limits of the various sections of said neckband.And so in use the neck band will contract or decrease in. diameter orwill extend or increase in diameter within limits to varying sizes ofcollars and by reason of sect-ions moving when the neck of the wearer-bends to either side or backwardly will allow of more freedom to theneck of the wearer than have neck' bands as hitherto constructed as willreadily be understood.

Having now fully described and ascertained my said invention and themanner in which it is to be performed I declare that what I claim is Ina shirt, a body portion having a substantially vertical line of closure,and a neckband secured to said body, said neckband comprising at leastthree distinct stripsd'isposed to overlap at their respective stripsabove said shoulders being free to extremities, one of said stripsextending slide over each other.

around one sideof the neck opening of'the In Rtestimony -whereof Ihavesigned my body portion from said line of closure to a na me to thisspecification in the presence of tign' o. the garment an another 0 saisimilarly extending around the other- SIMS side of said opening toncorresponding, .Witnesses:

point above the other shoulder of said gar-m PERCY Nnwntil 10 ment, therespeetiveoverlapped ends of said L. S'TEWAR'I

